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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Good Morrow," lines 1-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What imperfection does line 18 suggest exists in the real northern hemisphere?
(a) It is ugly.
(b) It is stressful.
(c) It is cold.
(d) It is boring.

2. In line 14, "Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one," what two things are being compared?
(a) Maps and worlds.
(b) Explorers and worlds.
(c) Poetry and worlds.
(d) The lovers and worlds.

3. Line 11, "And makes one little room an everywhere," contains an example of which technique?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Antithesis.
(c) Synesthesia.
(d) Irony.

4. Which term best describes the rhyming in lines 13 and 14, "Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown,/ Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one"?
(a) Eye rhyme.
(b) Identical rhyme.
(c) True rhyme.
(d) Slant rhyme.

5. Which term describes this poem most accurately?
(a) Apostrophe.
(b) Dialogue.
(c) Epistle.
(d) Aside.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the dominant meter of this poem?

2. What does the speaker say is "waking" in line 8?

3. What is the best interpretation of the meaning of "but this" in line 5?

4. Which term describes the use of the word "beauty" in line 6?

5. Where does the poet describe what the lovers see in one another's faces?

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